Fosscore's 2006 Tahoe Build Thread

05Single said:

Wish I had just welded my plate holes when I was painting it. Oh well. Bolts definitely look better than open square holes that’s for sure

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Tonyrodz said:

Nice, tasteful little mod.

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Fosscore said:

My junkyard findings, yielded 2 Escalade shifter handles that were very cheap. Both are in pretty good shape other than one of the leather handles is pretty beat up. I figured one would be a good fit and a spare for so cheap wasn't worth passing up.

Perfect plug, wire, stalk and handle. I gave them a solid APC clean and was able to use a razor blade to peel the chrome off the one handle end that was already peeling off. It is literally just chrome tape FYI, just in case I wanted to paint it.

I decided to give the NBS Escalade shifter handle swap out a go. Hold your NNBS comments. lol I know, it's different and I wanted to see how it looked with an NBS Escalade shifter and be a direct wiring harnesses swap. As well as keeping it in the NBS tradition and be a bit different. Why not? It's only an LS with some Escalade parts for show, ammaright?

The tow/haul ass light works and I am pretty happy with how it looks. The chrome end ring is not too bad and picks up a bit off the stereo trim. The stalk looks great and the leather handle has a tiny bit of wear, but after a solid cleaning and Lexol conditioning, it feels great in the hand.

Pretty happy with this little touch to the interior.

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Fosscore said:

My junkyard findings, yielded 2 Escalade shifter handles that were very cheap. Both are in pretty good shape other than one of the leather handles is pretty beat up. I figured one would be a good fit and a spare for so cheap wasn't worth passing up.

Perfect plug, wire, stalk and handle. I gave them a solid APC clean and was able to use a razor blade to peel the chrome off the one handle end that was already peeling off. It is literally just chrome tape FYI, just in case I wanted to paint it.

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Bear77 said:

Do you remember if the screw was a T25 or T30? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Fosscore said:

@Bear77
Should be a single T30 screw with some blue thread locker from the factory.

Just go slow and it will crack loose. Keep that steady pressure on the driver and remove it so as to not strip it. Make sure and thread the orange cable back to the plug exactly the same way, in and out installing the 2 nylon clips where they go. I took a before picture to reference because twice I did I the wrong way I was in such a hurry. Lol

A little help that I did not know is the the tilt level just pulls straight out with a firm grasp which will allow you to remove the upper and lower plastic pieces of the steering column. There are 2 hooks nearest the DIC that hold it together so don't go just yanking it apart and some other miscellaneous placed male and female tabs on both sides where it separates that clip back together during reinstallation.

My 06 does not have any screws in the bottom of the column. I say that as I came across an OBS thread on this and they had a few screws in the bottom of the column plastic. I did remove my dash bezel as well and the lower trim piece just below the steering column (2 x 7mm bolts IIRC and 2 push tabs at the top to get it off) just to get better access to the plug as it is taped to the ignition wiring. Small flat blade screwdriver will separate the male and female ends.

Figured I might as well do a short write up as I was pressed for time and didn't take a ton of pictures the day I put it on. Hope that helps you out and anybody else who had those questions.

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Fosscore said:

Bolts installed and color matched.View attachment 232382

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Fosscore said:

SWAPPING SHIFTER HANDLES ON THE NBS TAHOE

@Bear77

Should be a single T30 screw with some blue thread locker from the factory.

Just go slow and it will crack loose. Keep that steady pressure on the driver and remove it so as to not strip it. Make sure and thread the orange cable back to the plug exactly the same way, in and out installing the 2 nylon clips where they go. I took a before picture to reference because twice I did it the wrong way because I was in such a hurry. Lol

A little help that I did not know is the the tilt level just pulls straight out with a firm grasp which will allow you to remove the upper and lower plastic pieces of the steering column. There are 2 hooks nearest the DIC that hold it together so don't go just yanking it apart and some other miscellaneous placed male and female tabs on both sides where it separates that clip back together during reinstallation.

My 06 does not have any screws in the bottom of the column. I say that as I came across an OBS thread on this and they had a few screws in the bottom of the column plastic. I did remove my dash bezel as well and the lower trim piece just below the steering column (2 x 7mm bolts IIRC and 2 push tabs at the top to get it off) just to get better access to the plug as it is taped to the ignition wiring. Small flat blade screwdriver will separate the male and female ends.

Figured I might as well do a short write up as I was pressed for time and didn't take a ton of pictures the day I put it on. Hope that helps you out and anybody else who had those questions.

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